hinkommen

Meaning

1. (class-4, strong) to go or travel somewhere and arrive (can refer to the journey, the arrival, or both)
2. (class-4, figuratively, strong) to arrive at a situation (usually implying some negative condition)
3. (class-4, strong) to manage, make do
4. (class-4, strong) to be roughly right; to make sense

Concepts

arrive at

end up

Synonyms

ankommen

auskommen

ausreichen

einfügen

einordnen

erreichen

genügen

harmonieren

hineingeraten

langen

passen

reichen

in etwa zutreffen

genau genug sein

Translations

aller

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

aanekoo

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈhɪnˌkɔmən]

Etymology

From Middle High German hinkomen, from Old High German hinakweman, hinaqeman. Equivalent to hin- + kommen.